A lipogram is a type of word play whereby an author creates a piece of writing with a missing letter. One of the most famous lipograms is Ernest Vincent Wright’s 50,000 word story, Gadsby, which omits the letter E. For a fun way to engage students in writing and help them with the trait of [...]
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Can You Write a Story Without Using the Letter E?
August 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Lessons, Writing
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What Do Teenagers Believe?
January 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Lessons, Philosophy, Projects, Resources, Teaching, Writing
How do we help junior and senior high students ask the deep questions about life, and–more importantly–answer those questions? One way is to use the This I Believe curriculum unit from National Public Radio.
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Translate that Christmas Carol
December 10th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Lessons, Teaching
For a fun Christmas/vocabulary activity try having your students translate these verbose Christmas carol titles back into their original form:
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